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Fava elGHI THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, OCTOBRR 12, 1928 INTERMEDIATE RUGBY SEASON OPENS IN OSHAWA TOMORROW Niagara Falls To Go U ol) Motors' ORFU. Team at Alexandra Park at 3 o'Clock Against Tomorrow Will See History Making Event in Osh. awa's History When In. termediate Rugby Game is Played Here for the First Time -- Oshawa Has an "Excellent Team Which Should Carry Honors a Long Way The big day in Oshawa's rugby history will be seen tomorrow when the blue and white clad warriors of General Motors newly formed In- termediate O.R.F.U, rugby club trot out on the field for their sched- uled engagement with Niagara Falls, the first representatives of that city to ever visit Oshawa, in the first Intermediate rugby foot- ball game to ever be played in this fair city. People from far and near should congregate at Alexandra Park to- morrow for this history making event, and little should matter whether they are going to see a rugby game for the first time or for the thousandth time, and all will be certain to appreciate in less than no time everything that hap- pens, and there will be much hap- pening, Will Make Impression The local Intermediate rugby team should make an immediate impression upon the goodly crowd, which promises to be on hand, Smartly clad, they are the last word in smartness in other direc- tions, From the time Alex Park starts barking signals after the kick off, until the time the final whistle blows, it will be one ¢on- tinual sweep of exciting sensational rugby that will make both the most hardboiled of fans and the com¢ parative novice to the rules of the game both stand up on their toes and shout until they are hoarse, And 'General Motors boasts a team worth shouting for, This was well evidenced in their game, their firkt of all time, down in Guelph last Saturday, where they took the Royal City aggregation into camp for .an auspicious start by winning by a 23 to 1 margin. No doubt was left at that time that Oshawa was not the better team, The entire eighteen men--twelve regulars and six subs--showed an ability in every department of the game, which was indeed a treat to see and many. who saw even this one game, called the loeal stal- warts to win the silverware, at the end of the season. Niagara Falls Good Coming across their path, how- ever, in this search for laurels at the top of the ladder, is Niagara Falls, the team which will furn- ish the opposition--and lots of it-- tomorrow afternoon, The Falls ag- gregation has everything necessary for a well balanced, fast travelling crew and intend to leave no stone unturned in their march for the bunting, All indications point to a glori- ous day, a glorious crowd and a glorious game, to usher into Osh- awa's history the game of rughy- football as played in the Interme- diate Ontario Rughy Football Un- ion, Come on, fans, let's see what it's all about! | Regent. THURS,, FRID, and SAT, "EXTRA WILLIAM HAINES -- iN -- Telling the World You'll tell the world it's great, Oshawa Teams in Five Games on Saturday Five on the bills to come allotment doch, : "TTC. of Toronto ve. General Motors, Joucer, Notions) League leg va, I. at Peterbore. Rugby, Oshawa Collegiate juniors wa, Bowmanville at Bowmanville, Rugby. "a Over Confidence Cause of Cards' Defeat-Huggins New York, N.Y, Oct. 11.--The boys were on the last lap of the long jaunt back from St, Louis with the world's champion Yankees, They were still talking baseball, now passing over the horizon for the season, when the usually tael- turn Miller Huggins spoke up. "Do you know what licked the Cardinals?" he inquired. This was enough in itself to produce an im- mediate silence, The boys had their own ideas on the subject but here was the silent leader of the champions ready to give his views, '""Over-confidence from the fact that they had been made as high as 3 to 1 favorites and the fact that Alexander was whipped in his first start--that's what beat them," said "Hug," He elaborated: "They had heard we were a lot of cripples, little short of push- overs, They watched us practice, noticed perhaps that a few of us limped an dthat Lazzeri's throwing arm was bad but, this is important --we seemed to be able to play a little snappy baseball, "We got the jump at the start, behind Hoyt, and they became even more convinced all that had beep sald about us in advance wasn't quite true. This upset them, "Then to cap the climax, Alex, upon whom they banked so heavily, didn't show us a thing, He had trimmed us before and I think the Cardinals counted on him more than any other pitcher, 8hey did- n't get over that setback." Balmy.Beach in Sha y Condition Toronto, Oct, 12--Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, is a fit- ting adage to explain Balmy Beach's predicament on the eve of starting its 1928 campaign, in defence of the Dominion rugby championship, The Beachers hump up against their most feared opposition in the Senior O.R, F,U, schedule on Saturday when they play Dave Harding's Camp Borden Airmen, and they will be without the services of their captain and kicker, Ross Robertson, whose in- jured shoulder has not responded to treatment, Robertson was injured in the first practice game of the year against Kitchener-Waterloo, but re- cuperated sufficiently to play against MeGill in another exhibition last Saturday when the damaged member was hurt again, Although Beachers are well sup- plied with backfielders they would like to have Robertson in the game for his experience as the Airmen, un- der Harding's direction, are likely to work some strange stunt; that youn- ger players would not have the ex- perience to cope with, It was when the Beachers were minus a few regu- lars last year that Harding handed them their only defeat, by staging a scries of onside kicks, that baffled even veterans of the sport, Sat. Oct. 13,2... RUGBY Intermediate 0.R.F.U., Teams in Acio, Niagara General Motors At Alexandra Park Oshawa By Kind Permission Lieut.-Col. F. Chappell and Officers, 34th ONTARIO REGIMENT BAND In Attendance PUNTS and TACKLES By the Dopester " Tomorrow is the big day im rug- by for Oshawa and we again take this opportunity on behalf of the General Motors Rugby Club to cor- dially invite you to attend their first home game at Alexandra Park at 3 pm, * 5 8 \ Let's make it a gala day for rug- by and give the boys the well de- served boost that is coming to them. It will be a new game to some, and a revival of the greatest game in the world to others. Hut be that as it may, we need all the support we can get. Can we depend on you? We sincerely Jope 80. * * The baseball score board has been newly painted over for a rugby score board, and what do you think of this--the goal posts have been painted in our very own colorsof blue and white, ¥ 4 9 Things certainly have been done up right so far as publicity and ad- vertising is concerned, and now all we need is a few dyed in the wool fans like Jack Gowan, George Hez- zelwood and others, * % 0% Alex Park handled the team in a rapid-fire signal practice last night, and the boys certainly did look to be drilled nearly to perfec- tion. Captain Alex Park is a regu- lar slave driver when it comes to handling a team, but the gang seem to like fit, . + 8 George Loveless is a mewcomer to our team here, but George 1s no novice at rugby as he was always rated as one of Ontario's best out- side wings. He is certainly a wel- come addition to the team, * LJ *® All the boys are in-good shape and we are looking forward to a real tussle tomorrow so get in the parade downtown and follow the band to the Big Game. Most Valuable Men in Majors to be Chosen New York, Oct, 11.--Juries are out in the cases of the most valu- able players in the Ameriean and National Leagues and verdicts will soon be returned. Many suggestions have heen made of players in the two leagues worthy of the honor, but three in each league seem to be leading in advance calculations, Waite Hoyt's pitching was a hig factor in the winning of the Yankees' third suc- cessive pennant, and while pitchers are in the minority in the official hall of fame, one in each league has been honored, Walter Johnson, In the American, and Dazzy Vance in the National, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are ineligible since they have won it and the Amerfs can League rules do not permit en- cores, Another favored candidate is Harry Manush of the St, Louls Browns, The former Detroit outfielder was only one point out of the Am- erican League batting leadership this year on the hasis of unofficial figures, He was a powerful fig- ure in the astounding jump of the Browns from lowly second division berth to third place, Lefty Grove, star pitcher, of the Philadelphia 'Athletics, soundly and consistently trimmed every ¢lub in the league except the Yan- kees and his pitching placed the A's in the competition extending through the stretch to the finish. In the National, Freddy Linds- trom, of New York Giants, Jim Bot- tomley of the Cardinals, and Hugh- le Critz of the Reds, all infielders, have figured in pre-choice discus- sion, The winners in the two leagues since the crowns were first award- ed in 1922 are; 1922--George Sisler, 1b, Browns (American), . 1923--Babe Ruth, cf, Yankees, (American), . 1924--Walter Johnson, p, Sena- tors, (American), 1924--Dazzy Vance, p, Brook- lyn, (National), 1925--Roger Peckinpaugh, Senators, (American), 1926--Rogers Hornsby, Cards, (National), 1926--George Burns, 1h, dians, (Americans), 1926--Bob O'Farrell, ¢, Cards, (National), 1927--Lou Gehrig, 1b, Yankees, (American), 1927--Paul Waner, ef, Pirates, (National), 8s, 2b, In- New Martin Slashing Story of Gangland, debt HES AWAY: / WONDER WHO \ ---. WILL ston, vy | SPORT SNAPSHOTS All roads will lead to Alexandra Alexandra Park tomorrow afternoon The team deserves a big hand, It means a lot to them. standing year in this city, seen tomorrow afternoon, to see the outfit practice, would soon make ends meet, two grand, good, round and depart for Brampton, chem much, The team will be without Teddy the line up. Saturday, :an't play in Wednesday's game here. Oshawa General Motors soccer Tomorrow there should be more than a thousand , , . but why bring that up. What we mean to say is that indications point to an eccurance at which should be the cause of num- erous vehicular conveyances using the various thoroughfares in the sur- rounding vicinity as a means for transporting specimans of the human species to the afore mentioned locality for the purpose of witnessing an encounter between two rival factions, to wit, rugby teams. But anyway you want to put it, the crowd should be a large one and the occasion an apt one, and if the day is splendid, we don't hesitate in predicting an outstanding start for Oshawa's rugby season, Every member on it has practised faithfully for three weeks or more, just for the success of this game. If they get off to the right start and tury in a good game, there is no doubt whatever that they will see an out- Oshawa is just ripe for Intermediate rugby, as will, we hope, be Only one part of the enthusiasm which is being shown in the team is the nightly turn out of people who journey to Alexandra Park just Tt has been suggested that if they were short of funds, all they would need do would be charge admission to their practices and they f The other day we counted upwards of fifty people standing around looking on at one time or another through the practice, perhaps Oshawa is at present leading the league with both the total number of points scored and for the least number of points scored against them. Here's hoping they hang on to the record, Some people will figure tomorrow that rugby can wait a while but that they'd better take in all the lacrosse they can while the taking is And accordingly they will fill up the old gas tank, kick the tires all Well, that's where yours truly is going tomorrow so we can't blame Just 'to make the folks that stay here in Oshawa mad, we're going to telegraph back the score by quarters on the game. And anyone who thinks this affair up in Brampton is going to be some pink tea has another vision coming. Both the tilt down in the home of the Excelsiors and the return affair at Alexandra Park on Wednesday will be tit-bits worth taking in. Reeve on Saturday but to make up for his loss, the two Walsh he¥s have signified they will be back into But Teddy Reeve is Teddy Reeve and the one and only Teddy Reeve happens to be playing rugby for Balmy Beach against Camp Borden on Let's all pray Teddy's absence doesn't make much difference on Sat: urday and that he doesn't get sat upon in the rughy game so that he team are back into the limelight through their game with T.T.C. of Toronto which is being played at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Alexandra Park, General Motors Soccer Team to Meet T.T.C. Here Tomorrow Motors Eleven Prepared for Battle With the Toronto Transportation Commis. sion in National League Fixture Here at 2 o'clock Tomorrow --Motors Now in Fourth Place and In- tend to Stage March for Top With their interests now entirely confined to the National League, granted the fastest soccer organiza- tion in Ontario if not in anada, Gen- eral Motors soccer team get back in- to their play for the championship of the league when they play T.T.C. of Toronto at Alexandra Park with the kick-off starting the game at two o'clock exactly, tomorrow afternoon, After divided interest between the Ontario Cup play downs and the Na- tional League, General Motors should now settle down into first class play- ing form and sweep everything before them in their advance up to the top of league. Now in fourth place but only a few steps from the top, they are expected to begin making things lively for the teams on the ladder ahead of them and the first of these little battles will be seen at Alexandra Park tomorrow when T, T.C., holders of the second position in the league, attempt to strengthen their hold at Oshawa's expense. Still smarting under their 5 to 1 smack from Hamilton Thistles in Toronto last Saturday which caused them to drop from the running for the Ontario Cup, General Motors will be out tomorrow to redeem themsel- ves in the eyes of their supporters and at the same time to help their chances to climb to the top of the league, A victory over Toronto Transportation Commission would please the local followers of the game none better, The following team has been pick- ed and is instructed to be on hand at the pavillion at 1.30 at the latest: Haworth, Connor and Boyd, Craig, Cole and Hurst, Dougall, Torrance, Sathrang, Lobban and McKean, Spares, M. Smith, Espie, T. Smith and Petterson. The gates will be open at 1.15 o- '| clock and will be turned over to the Intermediate rugby club at 2.30 o'- Black Cats and * * . Lindys Win in * . Ps Bowling The Ladies Five Pin Bowling Lea- gue got away to a good start at the Recreation Club last night with Black Cats, Supremes, Lucky Lindys and Aces all turning in good games, which saw, however, the Black Cats winning from Supremes and the Lucky Lindys trouncing the Aces. The results of the games were: Schoenan Tutton ... 116 -- 263 172 -- 293 |: 155 -- 275 Total 1,359 125 -- 250 150 -- 265 100 -- 205 91 -- 228 100 -- 200 Morgan ... Ireland Coulson Collins .. Dummy . 1,148 Lucky Lindys 107 120 -- 227 156 -- 253 145 -- 306 vis = 67 162 -- 296 94 -- 9 1,143 929 -- 154 131 -- 220 111 -- 192 98 -- 248 119 -- 251 Hardman Haley Thompson Webster Turner .. Walton .. Moorchouse, E. ... Moorehouse, V. .. Lancaster Thompson ,.. Bergman 1,065 Lucky Lindys win by 78 pins. Slumping Cards Outscored Alone by Babe and Lou New York, Oct. 12--After you have slipped a boost in for Yankee pitch- ing, locating the causes leading up to the Cardinal slaughter is the simplest thing you can think about, Here are just a few plain and uh- adorned figures you might study for a moment ;-- AB. R. H. TB. Ruth ..eseeeescnens wile 9 10 22 Gehrig wae 80019 14 16 41 Cardinals 131 10 27 ¥7 Which seems to indicate that Ruth and Gehrig together made four more runs than the entire Cardinal team and that in- addition they hit for a total of four more bases than twenty- one St. Louis ball players could pile up Pihis display of brute power may have been exhilarating to look at but don't forget that it has cost baseball owners a lot of money, The series of 1924, 1925 and 1926 all went the full game limit. The Yankees whip- ped the Pirates in four straight and they clubbed the same amount of padding out of the Cardinals in four- straight, Briefly, in the last two years, they cut the series down by six games, which means close to a million dollars a number of big bats, especially those carried along by Ruth and Gehrig, have hammered out of the club owners' iron safes. Saved Money for Fans Without Ruth and Gehrig the late series might easily have gone to six games ,so this pair blew back about $400,000 to the spectators, The thun- der of hig guns is all well enough, but it takes a lot of thunder to make up for a million bucks, At least the final faint squawk about extending the financial collec- tion has been suppressed completely by the Yankee mop-up. "In reviewing the series, where Ruth and Gehrig gathered in most of the old hip-hip, it might be recalled that the pitching of Hoyt, Pipgras and Zachary had a lot to do with the de- fensive side of the case. Their sup- port wasn't the finest brand in the world and they were frequently rolled into rough places where it took a stout arm and a stout heart to pull them out, The two clubs together made eleven errors, and there were several other plays which might have been classed under the .same head. They held the Cardinals to a batting average of .206, which is about 85 points under their season's normal run. There wasn't a Cardinal regular who reached ,300. It all gets down to first-class Yan- kee pitching, and from that point on to Ruth and Gehrig, When two men outscore and nearly outhit an entire ball club the answer is close at hand. Before razzing the Cardinals too heavily, think what might have hap- pened if Ruth and Gehrig had been on the other side. REEL EELEE) 106 -- 237 | 126 -- 291 |! R EXP UGBY LAINED by the Birdie their appearance. captain calls it, heads or tails. he has the choice of which end a toss up. other team takes the kick-off. whistle and the two teams line shown in yesterday's diagram. The ball must be advanced the team with the ball after its for a touchdown or kick it over three points, THE GAME TOMORROW--WHAT TO EXPECT If everything is going to be perfect tomore row, the day as in story books will dawn a trifle chilly but bright, and early in the day, crowds will begin %o assemble on the field, colors waving, hands in pockets and cheering at the least provocation. Soon the strains of & band will be heard and the players decked in spic and span uniforms, will soon after make The warming up process will not be a lengthy one unless the officials have some little matter to, settle, and in about five minutes after the players appear, the. referee will blow his whistle and call all the players to the centre of the field. The usual line which all referees hand out, no matter what game it is, is then dwelt upon the the meeting breaks up after the referee has flipped a coin and the visiting If the visitor wins the toss, of the field he cares to defend, Sometimes the home team, through courtesy gives the visite ing team their choice without going through the formality of Anyway, one team gets the choice of the field and then the. For this, the ball ig placed in a: suitable position in the exact centre of the field, 55 yards from: each goal line and 82 1-2 yards from each side of the field. : The kick-off must go more than 5 yards down the field. When it is booted, nine or ten men on the team along with the' man who kicked it then rush after the ball and stop the man! on the opposing team who' gets possession of the kick. soon as they stop the man advancing! the referee blows his As. up in a manner similar to that: The quarter-back on the team which has possession of the ball, immediately begins calling signals by which his team mates know what play to use in: their attempt to further advance the ball. in three attempts or "downs", or also the opposing team is given possession. Usually, hows: ever, insteead of losing possession of the ball in this manner, second attempt 4 to advance the ten yards, kicks it back down the field where an opposing half back catches and starts the advance his team now has the chance to make. The idea, as already explain- ed, is to drive the opponents back until some- one is able to carry the pigskin over their line for one, two or Ottawa Weakened For Tiger Game Ottawa, Oct. 11--Despite a heavy rain last night and this forenoon which turned Lansdowne Park into a slippery, muddy gridiron, the Sena- tors rattled through a brisk two-hour drill this afternoon. A full team line-up was indulged in and the squad was just about polished up for the game here with Hamilton Ton on Saturday. After limbering-up exer- cises, the 'probables" were sent against the *"possibles" for an hour of formation and rehearsals, and then Coach Gilhooley let them go in earn- est for the best part of another hour. Eddie Emerson, Charlie Lynch, Harold Starr and Charlie Connell were all absentees, nursing minor in- juries, All four will be on hand Sat- urday, however, and the team is be- ing counted on to enter the fray at full strength, While Gilhooley is still reticent as to his probable line-up for the Ben- gal engagement, it is predicted that the squad will be practically the same as that which defeated M.A.AA. There was talk of moving Emerson into the line to replace Dunne at middle wing, but there is no actual indication of this move, and it is more than likely that Stan Stanyar will be Radley's co-worker at the middle position, : It is just possible that Stanyar will be sent to ese) wing and Emerson to middle when the team is on the de- fensive, with the positions reversed when Ottawas are on the attack, Cur- rie and James will likely flank Bruce at snap, Currie is replacing Ket- chum, PACIFIC COAST SERIES EVENED BY SACRAMENTO Sacramento, Calif,, Oct. 11.-- Sacramento evened the Pacific Coast League play-off series, one- all, by defedfing San Francisco this afternoon, 8 to 7, The score: San Francisco : Sacramento ....----e Sw Batteries--Jacobs, Jones Sprinz; Vinci, Crandall and Koéh- ler, ; Grand Finale For G.M.C. Golfers Here Tomorrow, The General Motors of Canadg * Golfing Association lusty offspring of General Motors and the Oshawa Golf Club--will hold their closing day tomorrow the 13th., D.V., and Wither the weather permits or not, We have no hesitation in sayi that "this will be an event nt history of golf in Oshawa that will be talked about by the particl« pants for a long time to come, Between members and guests, the Committee expect that there will be about eighty present, A glance through the mames of the players indicates the charae~ ter of the competition that is ex. pected for the various prizes. You have our word for it too that these : mame prizes are well worth wine. ning, Supper will be served about six o'clock in the Club House and {me mediately afterwards there will be the presentation of the prizes won during the day, and of the tro. | trophies won during season. What we said above ahout the prizes goes with still greater force for the trophies, They are well worth going a long way to see--in fact, we feel we are not boasting in the least when we say 'that there isn't a golf club In Canada that can show ad isplay of silver as beauti- ful as that which will be on view in the Oshawa Golf Club on Satur- day. The winners are indeed to be envied. « In addition to the events men- tioned above theer will be several ° surprise features which we feel sure will add considerably to the enjoyment of everyone present, However, we have no desire to spoil things by livulging any de» tails prematurely, . Membrs may arrange their own foursomes and should start as soon as possible after 12.30 p.m.